Now that people all over the world have digested the fact that the defending NBA champion Lakers will face off against the Phoenix Suns in the first round of the 2021 NBA Playoffs, they have decided to engage in a bit of cognitive dissonance.
How else can you explain the disregard for the past six months of game play, and decide these Lakers are the 2020 NBA Champs again while the Suns are the 2020 cute little upstarty bunch?
Even Vegas agrees. The Phoenix Suns are the first 2-seed to be an underdog in a playoff series against the 7-seed in the history of betting on the NBA.